[CFP] CyberGames 2007

http://www.coetechweek.com/cybergames/

CyberGames 2007
International Conference on
Games Research and Development

The Third International Conference on Games Research and Development 2007 (CyberGames 2007) will be held during 10-11 September 2007 at the Manchester Metropolitan University, United Kingdom.

CALL FOR PARTICIPATION: To explore the latest developments in the game and interactive entertainment industry.

Papers are invited in the following games research and development topics (but not limited to them) from both industry and academia:

HCI for Games	Simulation Games	Pervasive Entertainment
Games AI	Game Level Design	Game Software
Agents for Games	Game Animation	Game Physics
Simulation Games	Interactive Digital Media	Game Audio
Online and Multiplayer Games	Games on Grid Computing	Mobile and Handheld Gaming
Edutainment	Game Mechanics	Game Culture: Boomer vs Gamer
Game Hardware	Game Platforms	Graphics for Games

Journal Publication:

The best 4 papers from Cybergames 2007 will be published in the online journal "ACM Computers in Entertainment”.
The top 50% of the papers from Cybergames 2007 will be invited to submit a revised paper for publication in the new International Journal of Computer Games Technology published by Hindawi Publishing Corporation.

Special Sessions / Tutorials	Session/Tutorial Chairs
Location Based Learning Game	Eric Klopfer, MIT, USA
Microsoft XNA Studio Express	David Britch, MMU, UK
Interactive Stories and Personality-rich Game Characters	Ali Arya, Carleton University, Canada
Game Design and Development Using JOGL (Java+OpenGL)	Andrew Davison, Prince of Songkla University, Thailand
Creating Novel Mobile Entertainment Systems	Paul Coulton, Lancaster University, UK
Dynamics and Interaction in Game Audio	Dylan Menzies, De Montfort University, UK
Pygame (python game development) – influencing software engineering and rapid prototyping of games	TL Kunii, Kanazawa Institute of Technology, Japan
Commercial Game Engines in Producing Immersive Environments	Colin Price University of Worcester, UK
Game AI: Soft-Computing Models for Game Design	Narendra Chaudhari Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
CyberGames Arena: A Student Game Development Competition	Darren Dancey MMU, UK

Important Dates:

• Full Papers
  MONDAY, May 14^th, 2007
• Special Sessions and Tutorials
  MONDAY, April 30^th, 2007
• Conference Dates: September 10-11, 2007

Akihiko Shirai, Ph.D
Invited Researcher
Presence & Innovation Laboratory ENSAM France
http://akihiko.shirai.as/